The Culture of Health Prize celebrates communities where people and...READ ON
The Culture of Health Prize celebrates communities where people and organizations are collaborating to build solutions to barriers that have created unequal opportunities for health and wellbeing.
Katie Swanson, farmer and owner of Sweet Union Farm in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Niki Sampson, Executive Director of the Klamath Lake County Food Bank in...READ ON
Niki Sampson, Executive Director of the Klamath Lake County Food Bank in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Kids pickup free produce from the Klamath-Lake Counties Food Bank during Park...READ ON
Kids pickup free produce from the Klamath-Lake Counties Food Bank during Park & Play, a free summer lunch program by the YMCA at Mills-Kiwanis Park in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Kids play at Kit Carson Park in Klamath Falls, Oregon during Park and Play, a...READ ON
Kids play at Kit Carson Park in Klamath Falls, Oregon during Park and Play, a program organized by the YMCA to provide daily lunch and activities at parks around the city.
Tina Mahacek leads a Tai Chi class at the Klamath Senior Center in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Dora Hoffmeister leads a rehearsal for the Latino Youth Dancers group, which...READ ON
Dora Hoffmeister leads a rehearsal for the Latino Youth Dancers group, which is organized by the Hispanic Advisory Board of Lutheran Community Services in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Dawn Albright, head of the Mills Addition neighborhood association at the...READ ON
Dawn Albright, head of the Mills Addition neighborhood association at the Klamath Sustainable Community Garden she started in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
A resident stands in front of her home in the Mills Addition neighborhood of...READ ON
A resident stands in front of her home in the Mills Addition neighborhood of Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Used car parking lot in the Mills Addition neighborhood of Klamath Falls, Oregon.
A corn and wheat field at Shane Knoll's family farm in Garden City, Kansas.
Jake Knoll, 7, feeds the goats at his family's farm in Garden City, Kansas....READ ON
Jake Knoll, 7, feeds the goats at his family's farm in Garden City, Kansas. His parents Shane and Andrea Knoll manage the farm along with Shane's brother Zach. Jake and his sister Taylor, 10 and brother Adam, 5, raise goats to show in 4-H competitions.
Shane and Andrea Knoll pose with their children Taylor, 10, Jake, 7 and Adam,...READ ON
Shane and Andrea Knoll pose with their children Taylor, 10, Jake, 7 and Adam, 5 at their family farm in Garden City, Kansas.
The intersection of Farmland Road and Commerce Drive in Garden City, Kansas.
Gordon Jamison feeds the cattle at Jamison Cattle Ranch in Quinter, Kansas....READ ON
Gordon Jamison feeds the cattle at Jamison Cattle Ranch in Quinter, Kansas. His family owned ranch specializes in raising Hereford Cattle and Quarter Horses on the same land his grandfather Owen Jamison homesteaded in 1890.
Gordon Jamison changes his hat at Jamison Cattle Ranch in Quinter, Kansas.
Gordon Jamison at Jamison Cattle Ranch in Quinter, Kansas.
Industrial Technology teacher Mark Heier in the wood shop at Wheatland High...READ ON
Industrial Technology teacher Mark Heier in the wood shop at Wheatland High School which teaches 47 students in Grainfield, Kansas. There is a strong emphasis on science and applied technology.
T.J. Kinderknecht, manager of the Frontier Ag grain elevator in Quinter,...READ ON
T.J. Kinderknecht, manager of the Frontier Ag grain elevator in Quinter, Kansas. Frontier Ag, Inc. is an agribusiness cooperative offering grain, feed, agronomy, petroleum, sunflower processing, and transportation products to customers throughout Northwest Kansas and Eastern Colorado.
Community health worker Ifrah Farah and Birgit Lemke make phone calls for...READ ON
Community health worker Ifrah Farah and Birgit Lemke make phone calls for Somali refugees Koos Husen (in yellow) and Asli Muhamud (in red) at LiveWell Finney County Neighborhood Learning Center in Garden City, Kansas. LiveWell helps refugees and immigrants with health care, housing and job applications and offers classes in English, nutrition and other life skills.
Hinda Ali, 2, hugs her mother Koos Husen at LiveWell Finney County...READ ON
Hinda Ali, 2, hugs her mother Koos Husen at LiveWell Finney County Neighborhood Learning Center in Garden City, Kansas. LiveWell helps refugees and immigrants with health care, housing and job applications and offers classes in English, nutrition and other life skills. Koos is from Somalia and has lived in Garden City for 3 1/2 years.
Somali refugee Malyun Sulieman with her daughter Ifrah, 18 months at the...READ ON
Somali refugee Malyun Sulieman with her daughter Ifrah, 18 months at the Garden Spot Apartments in Garden City, Kansas. Their apartment is next to the LiveWell Finney County Neighborhood Learning Center which helps refugees and immigrants with health care, housing and job applications and offers classes in English, nutrition and other life skills. In 2016, a bomb plot targeting Somali refugees at Garden Spot Apartments was discovered and stopped by the FBI.
Dr. Michael Machen, MD gets ready to see a patient at Bluestem Medical in Quinter, Kansas.
Dr. Michael Machen MD speaks with Nurse Deb Bauman, RN at Bluestem Medical in Quinter, Kansas.
The Lake Fork manufactured housing park in Leadville, Colorado. Many...READ ON
The Lake Fork manufactured housing park in Leadville, Colorado. Many residents work in the tourism industry in surrounding resort towns like Breckenridge and Vail.
William Schweizer, Sr. works on a car in his garage in Leadville, Colorado....READ ON
William Schweizer, Sr. works on a car in his garage in Leadville, Colorado. He is a retired Volkswagon mechanic.
Lani Meyer, farm manager of Cloud City Farm and Kendra Kurihara, Executive...READ ON
Lani Meyer, farm manager of Cloud City Farm and Kendra Kurihara, Executive Director of Cloud City Conservation Center, examine cucumbers growing in the geodesic dome greenhouse at the farm in Leadville, Colorado.
Police Chief Saige Bertolas at the Leadville Police Department in Leadville, Colorado.
Nurse Melanie Hernandez measures 8 year old patient Ryden Hofer during a...READ ON
Nurse Melanie Hernandez measures 8 year old patient Ryden Hofer during a checkup at the School Based Health Center at Lake County High School in Leadville, Colorado. The School Based Health Center provides medical care and mental health services to students, teachers and families in the district.
Kids warm up on their bikes before a family trail ride with the Cloud City...READ ON
Kids warm up on their bikes before a family trail ride with the Cloud City Wheelers, a bike club which promotes cycling opportunities, and has been building and maintaining trail systems in Leadville and Lake County, Colorado since 2007.
Lake County High School students take a semester long fly fishing class at...READ ON
Lake County High School students take a semester long fly fishing class at Crystal Lake outside of Leadville, Colorado through a partnership between Lake County High School and Get Outdoors Leadville! Three days a week the students are in class learning about fly rod construction and two days a week they go out and fish at various local places with instructor Colin McFee.
Helen Pettus, Scott Kaysen and Debra Lysne work on a puzzle together at the...READ ON
Helen Pettus, Scott Kaysen and Debra Lysne work on a puzzle together at the Lake County Senior Center in Leadville, Colorado.
A Lake County High School student writes during a Wilderness Experience class...READ ON
A Lake County High School student writes during a Wilderness Experience class at Colorado Mountain College in Leadville, Colorado. The dual-enrollment course offers Lake County High School students the opportunity to earn both high school and college credit while learning leadership, camping, and backcountry travel skills.
Bulldozer operator Jimmy Johnson demolishes a home in Drew, Mississippi....READ ON
Bulldozer operator Jimmy Johnson demolishes a home in Drew, Mississippi. Demolishing abandoned homes is part of a larger effort to build pathways to home ownership with affordable housing and improving the physical environment in Drew.
Community organizer Betty Smith at the polling site at Senator Robert L Crook...READ ON
Community organizer Betty Smith at the polling site at Senator Robert L Crook Armory in Drew, Mississippi. Sunflower County residents voted on a $31 million bond measure for the Sunflower County Consolidated School District on September 28, 2021.
The Drew Eagles junior high football team practices after school at...READ ON
The Drew Eagles junior high football team practices after school at Drew-Hunter Middle School in Drew, Mississippi.
Tamia Armstrong reads to her 1 year old daughter Kinsley at the Mae Bertha...READ ON
Tamia Armstrong reads to her 1 year old daughter Kinsley at the Mae Bertha Carter Learning Center in Drew, Mississippi. We2gether Creating Change works to improve community education outcomes through programs like Family Prime Time Reading, a partnership with Mississippi Humanities Council through which kids are sent home with books so parents and kids can read together.
Mayor Melanie Townsend, Gloria Dickerson and Tierra Fountain visit the seed...READ ON
Mayor Melanie Townsend, Gloria Dickerson and Tierra Fountain visit the seed barn where Emmett Till was lynched in 1955, just outside of Drew, Mississippi. Money is being raised to buy the barn, which sits on private property, and turn it into a memorial site and center for racial healing.
Pastor Carolyn Kidd at Pop Staples Park in Drew, Mississippi. Kidd is an...READ ON
Pastor Carolyn Kidd at Pop Staples Park in Drew, Mississippi. Kidd is an active volunteer and member of the Drew Collaborative, which brings together community leaders to develop a community-wide strategic plan that articulates a vision and mission for Drew’s future, identifies community needs and challenges, and prioritizes programs and development projects to advance community growth and health.
Marisa Rosales, a founding member of the United Lowrider Coalition, poses...READ ON
Marisa Rosales, a founding member of the United Lowrider Coalition, poses with her 1949 Hudson in National City, California. The coalition promotes the cultural heritage of lowriding and is working with the city to repeal the No Cruising Ordinance in National City.
Paradise Creek Community Garden members (managed by Mundo Gardens) paint...READ ON
Paradise Creek Community Garden members (managed by Mundo Gardens) paint signs at the garden in National City, California.
Chef Phillip Esteban, Marcus Twilegar and Sydney Imlay prepare sardines at...READ ON
Chef Phillip Esteban, Marcus Twilegar and Sydney Imlay prepare sardines at his restaurant Parq SD in San Diego, California. Esteban supports a Tuesday Food Distribution and Fish2Families program that has delivered 100,000 meals to food-insecure National City families and communities in need. Fish2Families is a meal distribution program that purchases responsibly harvested fish from local fishermen and brings them to the plates of people who need it most.
Barber Jhonny Chingas gives Pablo Molina a haircut at Sixteenth Street Barber...READ ON
Barber Jhonny Chingas gives Pablo Molina a haircut at Sixteenth Street Barber Shop in National City, California.
Jeni Barajas, Environmental Education Specialist, works in the greenhouse at...READ ON
Jeni Barajas, Environmental Education Specialist, works in the greenhouse at Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center in National City, California. Olivewood Gardens provides programs that inspire youth and adults to be healthy and active citizens through organic gardening, environmental stewardship, and nutrition education.
From left to right: Health Policy Research Scholar Erica Browne, Culture of...READ ON
From left to right: Health Policy Research Scholar Erica Browne, Culture of Health Leader Isaiah Pickens,Inter Disciplinary Research Leader Coco Auerswald, and Culture of Health Leader Carlene Davis attend the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Change Leadership Programs West Regional Leadership Institute Convening at Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel on December 8, 2022.
M. Zulayka Santiago, Convening Facilitator, participate in the group activity...READ ON
M. Zulayka Santiago, Convening Facilitator, participate in the group activity "Creating Infectious Joy" at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Change Leadership Programs West Regional Leadership Institute Convening at Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel on December 8, 2022.
Jessica Hawkins goes on a walk with her 1 year old son Wealthyy at the...READ ON
Jessica Hawkins goes on a walk with her 1 year old son Wealthyy at the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook Trail in Los Angeles, California.
Ciara Seaman breastfeeds her 3 month old daughter Delaney Turner in the Safe...READ ON
Ciara Seaman breastfeeds her 3 month old daughter Delaney Turner in the Safe Space Breast/Chestfeeding Tent provided by AAIMM (African American Infant and Maternal Mortality Initiative) at the Taste of Soul Family Festival in Los Angeles, California. AAIMM is a coalition of the LA County Health Agency (Department of Mental Health, Department of Public Health, and Department of Health Services), First 5 LA, community organizations, mental and health care providers, funders, and community members who are addressing the high rates of Black infant and maternal deaths in Los Angeles County.
New mother Jessica Brown prepares a bottle of pumped breast milk for her 1...READ ON
New mother Jessica Brown prepares a bottle of pumped breast milk for her 1 week old son Noah at her home in Carson, California.
Jessica Brown holds her 1 week old baby Noah during a visit with AAIMM doula...READ ON
Jessica Brown holds her 1 week old baby Noah during a visit with AAIMM doula Felicia Francis-Edwards at Jessica's home in Carson, California.
Jessica Brown holds her 1 week old baby Noah during a visit with AAIMM doula...READ ON
Jessica Brown holds her 1 week old baby Noah during a visit with AAIMM doula Felicia Francis-Edwards at Jessica's home in Carson, California.
Chris Johnson holds his 1 week old baby Noah in front of his partner Jessica...READ ON
Chris Johnson holds his 1 week old baby Noah in front of his partner Jessica Brown's home in Carson, California.
Chris Johnson holds his 1 week old baby Noah in front of his partner Jessica...READ ON
Chris Johnson holds his 1 week old baby Noah in front of his partner Jessica Brown's home in Carson, California.
Expecting parents Sarah Hamilton and Carl Vance III meet with AAIMM doula...READ ON
Expecting parents Sarah Hamilton and Carl Vance III meet with AAIMM doula Lakeisha Solomon for a prenatal visit at their home in South Los Angeles, California on October 23, 2023. Lakeisha teaches Carl how to do "hip squeezes" to help Sarah manage pain during labor.
Nakeisha Perkins-Robinson and Ashley Skiffer-Thompson talk during a meeting...READ ON
Nakeisha Perkins-Robinson and Ashley Skiffer-Thompson talk during a meeting with team members of AAIMM (African American Infant and Maternal Mortality Initiative) at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health in Los Angeles, California.
Davion Mauldin (right), Fatherhood Coordinator for AAIMM (African American...READ ON
Davion Mauldin (right), Fatherhood Coordinator for AAIMM (African American Infant and Maternal Mortality Initiative), hosts a meetup for Black fathers in Compton, California. AAIMM hosts support groups and programs to engage Black fathers and highlight them as key members of the village of support for expectant mothers.
Nakeah Fuller attends the Black Women for Wellness Risque Breast Health and...READ ON
Nakeah Fuller attends the Black Women for Wellness Risque Breast Health and Art Event at Skylinks in Long Beach, California on October 22, 2023. The event facilitates a diaglogue on the intersecting challenges faced by Black women in the realms of health and environmental justice and included a panel discussion with breast cancer survivors and a painting activity with participants' bras.
Aleena Clavel and her daughter Layla Sorel, 6, take part in a bra decorating...READ ON
Aleena Clavel and her daughter Layla Sorel, 6, take part in a bra decorating activity at the Black Women for Wellness Risque Breast Health and Art Event at Skylinks in Long Beach, California on October 22, 2023.
Outreach and Engagement Director of AAIMM (African American Infant and...READ ON
Outreach and Engagement Director of AAIMM (African American Infant and Maternal Mortality Initiative) Adjoa Jones stands outside the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health in Los Angeles, California.
Scootisha Thompson plays with her children Kure, 6 and Indi'yah, 9 at...READ ON
Scootisha Thompson plays with her children Kure, 6 and Indi'yah, 9 at Gonzales Park in Compton, California.
Indi'yah Thompson, 9, plays with her brother Kure at Gonzales Park in Compton, California.
Views of downtown Tacoma, Washington on October 4, 2023 including Union...READ ON
Views of downtown Tacoma, Washington on October 4, 2023 including Union Station, Tacoma Link Light Rail, Tacoma Art Museum (TAM), Museum of Glass, East 21st Street Bridge, the Tacoma Dome and Mount Rainier.
Paulette Davidson and her neighbor Nancy Oliver ride the Tacoma Link Light...READ ON
Paulette Davidson and her neighbor Nancy Oliver ride the Tacoma Link Light Rail to the Tacoma Housing Authority in Tacoma, Washington to ask for rental assistance for Paulette.
Students of Grandmaster Kwon's Tae Kwon Do Academy do a demonstration at the...READ ON
Students of Grandmaster Kwon's Tae Kwon Do Academy do a demonstration at the annual Chuseok Korean Festival at Asia Pacific Cultural Center (APCC) in Tacoma, Washington. The family festival celebrates Korean culture through entertainment, art making and food.
Housing developer Jessie Baines and Darryl Smith, Executive Director of...READ ON
Housing developer Jessie Baines and Darryl Smith, Executive Director of HomeSight, stand in front of the Black Home Initiative booth at the Housing Washington Conference at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center in Tacoma, Washington on October 4, 2023. Black Home Inititiative (BHI) is a regional effort to close the racial wealth divide through homeownership for low and moderate income Black households in South Seattle, South King County and North Pierce County.
Willie Hausa teaches a Wastewater Treatment class for Water Operators in...READ ON
Willie Hausa teaches a Wastewater Treatment class for Water Operators in training at RAIN Incubator (Readiness Acceleration Innovation Network) in Tacoma, Washington. RAIN Incubator is a hub for biotechnology talent, small businesses and educational opportunties with the mission to attract, train and retain biotech companies in Pierce County.
Lab student Cristina Britcher-Merrill works in the science lab with Lisa...READ ON
Lab student Cristina Britcher-Merrill works in the science lab with Lisa Nguyen and Jennifer McKee-Johnson at RAIN Incubator (Readiness Acceleration Innovation Network) in Tacoma, Washington on October 5, 2023. RAIN Incubator is a hub for biotechnology talent, small businesses and educational opportunties with the mission to attract, train and retain biotech companies in Pierce County.
Mayor Victoria Woodards speaks with Deputy Mayor Kristina Walker and City...READ ON
Mayor Victoria Woodards speaks with Deputy Mayor Kristina Walker and City Council member Kiara Daniels during a Tacoma City Council Study Session at City Hall in Tacoma, Washington on October 10, 2023.
Tacoma City Council member Kiara Daniels sits in the courtyard of the Tacoma...READ ON
Tacoma City Council member Kiara Daniels sits in the courtyard of the Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center (TUPAC) in the historically Black neighborhood of Hilltop in Tacoma, Washington. Daniels is a native and resident of Hilltop and a longtime community advocate.
Tacoma City Council member Kiara Daniels and her mother Sandra Daniels stand...READ ON
Tacoma City Council member Kiara Daniels and her mother Sandra Daniels stand in front of their home in the historically Black Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma, Washington. Daniels was inspired to buy her own home after watching her mother lose their family home during the recession in 2007. She ran for council in 2020 on a platform of lessening barriers to affordable housing and home ownership.
Housing developer Reggie Brown shows the plans of Wisteria Properties, a...READ ON
Housing developer Reggie Brown shows the plans of Wisteria Properties, a recently completed 40 unit missing middle housing apartment complex in South Tacoma, Washington.
Housing developer Jessie Baines of Pierce County Land Trust and Black Home...READ ON
Housing developer Jessie Baines of Pierce County Land Trust and Black Home Initiative shows his wife Drea Bell and colleague Dawa'son Goes Behind the plans for a future 12 unit apartment complex behind his home in Tacoma, Washington.
Members of the Golden Bamboo Walking Club watch a performance at...READ ON
Members of the Golden Bamboo Walking Club watch a performance at Kaleidoscope, the annual Tacoma Arts Month Opening Party in Tacoma, Washington on October 5, 2023. The Golden Bamboo Walking Club is a Vietnamese senior walking group with a mission to bridge communities and generations through arts, culture, education and business.
ANNABEL CLARK Documentary Photographer Seattle & NYC
Annabel Clark is a documentary, editorial and portrait photographer based in Seattle and New York City.